Publications: Butler County Stream Team

Butler County Stream Team

Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring

PUBLICATIONS

Here are some publications that we find useful. Some of them were created by Stream Team and its partners, others are just a good read that we'd like to share.

Butler County Streams (pdf)
A Resident's Guide to Butler County Stream and Rivers (pdf)
A Resident's Guide to the Mill Creek
Butler County Watersheds: Which watershed do you live in? (pdf)
After the Storm (pdf)
Solutions to Pollution (pdf)
When it Rains it Drains (pdf)
Drainage Brochure (pdf)
The Water Monitor by the US EPA (pdf)

Poster Projects

Along with these publications, there have been several poster projects by Miami University: IES students on Stream Team topics and data. Here are some links to their projects.

Eastablishing a volunteer monitoring program in rural SW Ohio by Maria Tomashot and Monica Rakovan

Evaluation of a Storm Water Treatment Wetland by Susan Dirr and Donna McCollum (pdf)

Join Us

...on the 2nd Saturday every month. Upcoming dates include:

Feb 11

Mar 10

Testing will be in the lab at Boyd Hall, on Western Dr, Oxford

Upcoming Events

We are planning some fun events for 2012 including a volunteer picnic, macroinvertebrate training, and canoe trips.

The first of these is World Wetlands Day on February 2. To celebrate this, Donna is going to host a brunch and wetland hike on her property, the Edge of the Farm Conservation Area on Feb 18 at 10am. RSVP if possible

Free Webinar Series

Hosted by the Butler County Storm Water District.
12 - 2 pm at the Engineers Office, 1921 Fairgrove Ave., Hamilton.

Retrofit This -- A guide to retrofitting the world?
Wed. Feb. 29th

Build This - Stormwater retrofit cnstruction issues
Wed. April 18th

Stream Restoration: Implementation you can take to the BANK
Wed. June 20th

Get the Dirt on Stormwater
Wed. Aug. 15th Leaving You Out In The Rain - Design and implementation of monitoring projects
Wed. Oct. 24th

Customizing Your Stormwater BMP Design for Specific Pollutants
Wed. Dec. 12th

For more information on these webinars or to register, call Bob Lentz at 785-4120.

Butler County Stream Team is a partnership between the community and

Storm Water District Butler Soil and Water Conservaton District Miami University: IES

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